How do I use a URL w/special characters?
cultiv8 - March 27, 2009 - 20:34
| Project: | Jump |
| Version: | 5.x-1.1 |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | support request |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
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Description
Hi, how do I use a URL with special characters? If I use "&" or "?" in the URL, Drupal encodes it into plain text, and then the page I jump_quickly to has an incorrect URL. For example:
<?php
global $user;
$options = array(
'products/56?v1=AND&v2=6' => t('Link Title')
);
print jump_quickly($options);
?>sends the user to www.example.com/products/56%3Fv1%3DAND%2526v2%3D6 but I really want it to point to www.example.com/products/56?v1=AND&v2=6. Any help would be appreciated.
#1
As a follow up, I ended up hard-coding the URL into the array and it works the way I want it to. I know hard-coding isn't best practices, but hey, it works. So to anyone facing the same problem, this is how your code should look if you want special characters in your path:
<?phpglobal $user;
$options = array(
'http://example.com/products/56?v1=AND&v2=6' => t('Link Title')
);
print jump_quickly($options);
?>
#2
Thanks cultiv8, this info concerning the url encoding was quite helpful.